Improvement in clothes-wringers



Hl VAN DUSEN. Cloths-Wring- No. 215,185 Patented May l6, 18791."

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

JOHN DEWITT VAN DUSEN, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN C-LOTHES-WRINGERS.'

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,185, dated May 6,1879; application filed April 11, 1878.

To all lwhom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. VAN DUsEN, of Auburn, in the county ofCayuga and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Olothes-Wringers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a clothes-wringer so as todispense with the use of springs or weights usually employed to compressthe elastic rollers against each other during the operation of wringingby the use of a shaft or shafts made of steel or other elastic orspringy metal, and having` each end of the shafts extending aconsiderable distance beyond the ends of the rubber covering, andproviding fixed bearings near the ends of the shafts, in order `tosecure an elastic or springy function of the shaft or shafts inconjunction With the elastic covering, and in the combination of parts,as hereinafter more fully .set forth.

In the annexed drawings, to which reference is made, and which fullyillustrate my i11- vention, Figure 1` represents a perspective view of aclotheswriu ger embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa side elevation, andFig. 3 a longitudinal vertical section of Jthe same.

A represents the bed-piece of the wringer, provided with suitable clampsB B, for attachment to the tub. At each end of the bedpiece Ais astationary standard, C, in which the two shafts D D have their bearings,said shafts being geared together by suitable gearwheels E E, and oneend of the lower shaft projected beyond-the standard to receive a crank,Gr. y

In the centers upon the shafts D D are secured, respectively', theelastic -rollers F F', of any desired dimensions suitable forclotheswringers. Near the ends of the rollers F F the shafts D Dl passthrough intermediate standards, C' C', which are secured to the bedpieceA, and have vertical slots a a in blocks a' a', through which the shaftspass 3 or the inner standards, C C', may be slotted and the blocks a amay be dispensed with, if desired.

All the standards are connected at their upper ends by a top bar orcap-piece, H, fastened to them by metal straps L L, as shown, or in anyother suitable manner 5 and the standards are slotted, as shown at b,with bearing-blocks d d inserted in such a manner that while the shaftsD D are held firmly in their bearings in the outer standards, C C, they,with the rollers, can nevertheless be lifted out of the frame whenrequired without removing the gear-wheels.

I is the water-guide, secured on the bed-piece A, for conducting thedrippings back into the tub, and said water-guide is connected to theinner standards, C C', by rods or braces f f, which may be of anysuitable material, and are for the purpose of guiding the clothesbetween the rollers and preventing the clothes from running outside ofthe rollers.

The shafts D D are made of spring-steel or other suitable elastic orspringy metal, of such dimensions as to afford the requisite elasticityin conjunction with the elastic rolls, thus dispensing with all springsto compress the rollers against each other and secure the desiredyielding action of the rollers. To accomplish this object in a thoroughand efficient manner the bearn gs of the shafts are located at asuitable distance from the ends of the rollers, and to prevent any sideor backward and forward springing of the shafts and rollers thestandards C O are interposed, having the vertical slots a a, for thepassage of the shafts. These slots prevent any side movement, while theyallow the required springing oryielding up and down.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y l. In a clothes-wringer, thewringing or elastic rolls secured upon shafts made of spring or elasticmetal, the bearingsof said shafts being fixed and located at a suitabledistance from the ends of the elastic rollers, whereby the shaftsfurnish the necessary spring, substantially as described.

2. In a clothes-wrin ger, the combination, with the roller-shafts madeof springy metal,

and having their fixed bearings located at a In testimony that I claimtheforegoing as distance from the rolls, of intermediate standmy own Ihave hereto aixed my signature in ards provided with vertical slots,through presence of two Witnesses.

which the roller-shafts pass, for the purposes herein set forth. JOHNDEWIIT VAN DUSEN.

3. The combination of spring-metal shafts having extended fixedbearings, elastic squeez- Witnesses:

ing-rollers impervious to Water, and a suitable HORACE T. COOK,

frame provided with inner slotted standards, NELSON B. ELDRIDGE.

substantially as and for the purposes set forth. L

